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px6-300d Network Storage
with LifeLine 4.0
User Guide
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CONTENTS Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage 1 Setup Overview 2 Set up my px6-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered 3 Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager 3 Discovering the px6-300d without the Internet 3 Setup Page 4 Network Connection 5 Connecting the px6-300d Network Storage to Your Network 5 Connecting the px6-300d 6 Network Settings 6 Manually Configuring Network Settings 7 Bonding NICs 8 VLAN Settings 8 Naming Your px6-300d Network Storage 10 Setting up Active Directory
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Sharing Files 22 Sharing Overview 23 Interfaces for Sharing 23 Shares 24 What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? 24 Adding Shares 24 Managing Shares 25 Deleting Shares 27 Using Protocols to Share Files 28 What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? 28 AFP File Sharing for Macs 28 Bluetooth File Sharing 28 FTP File Sharing 29 NFS File Sharing 29 rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers 30 TFTP 30 Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Ma
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iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) 41 iSCSI Overview 42 Adding iSCSI Drives 43 Enabling iSCSI Drives 43 Connecting to iSCSI Drives 43 Managing iSCSI Drives 44 Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive 44 Deleting iSCSI Drives 45 Storage Pool Management 46 Understanding How Your Content Is Stored 47 Storage Pools 47 Volumes 47 Adding and Managing Storage Pools 48 To Add a Data Storage Pool 48 Improving Performance with a Cache Storage Pool 49 To Add a Cache Storage Pool 49 Assig
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Backing up and Restoring Your Content 60 Backup and Restore Overview 61 Backup of Data through RAID Protection 61 Backing up to and Restoring from Your px6-300d Network Storage 62 Backing up Macs with Time Machine 62 One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device 62 Copy Jobs Overview 63 Backing up Your px6-300d Network Storage 64 Copy Jobs 64 From: Settings 65 To: Settings 66 Setting a Schedule 66 Backing up with Mozy Backup 67 Restoring Files with Mozy Backup 68 Registering with Avamar fo
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Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 79 Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory 79 Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups 80 Managing Your px6-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 81 Managing Your px6-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 81 Remote Access: Accessing Your px6-300d Network Storage From Anywhere in the World 83 Remote Access Overview 84 Enabling Remote Access 85 Basic Option: Completing the Enable Remote Access Process 85
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Facebook 104 Flickr 105 YouTube 106 Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 107 Media Management 108 Media Management Overview 109 Scanning for media content 109 Media Services Capabilities and Limitations 110 Sharing Media Content over the Internet 111 Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page 111 Media Aggregation 112 Enabling Media Aggregation 112 Social Media Sharing 113 Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures 114 Example: Setting up iTunes 114 Example: Setting up Xbox 360 114
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Video Surveillance 121 Name 122 Space 122 Model 122 Action 122 Adding Applications to Your px6-300d Network Storage 125 Application Overview 126 Application Installation 127 Application Manager 128 Starting or stopping an application 128 Adding applications 128 Removing applications 128 Upgrading Your px6-300d Network Storage 129 Software Updates 130 Auto-update process: installing a device software update 130 Manual update process: installing a device software update 130 Backing up and Recoveri
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Troubleshooting Routers 141 Enabling the DMZ 141 Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 142 Bridging the Secondary Router 142 Bridging the Primary Router 142 Additional Support 144 How to Get Help 145 Support 146 Legal 147 Safety Information 148 Open Source 149 Warranty Information 150 Limited Warranty Notice 150 Limited Warranty for Iomega Products 150 Regulatory Information 151 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 151 Canadian Verification 151 European Union - Complian
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CHAPTER 1 Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage 1
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage Setup Overview Setup with your px6-300d Network Storage is easy. Remove it from the box, connect it to your network switch or hub, and then power it up. Launch a web browser and enter the setup URL identified in the Quick Start Guide. LenovoEMC Setup launches and displays a message that your px6-300d is online and ready to use. You then can install client software that includes: ● LenovoEMC Storage Manager ● Twonky Media Server for media aggregation Le
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage Set up my px6-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered If your px6-300d is not discovered when you enter the URL identified in your Quick Start Guide, you have two ways of discovering it. Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager You can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager from the Setup Portal, which helps you discover your px6- 300d on your network. Discovering the px6-300d without the Internet You can access your px6-300d device without internet ac
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage Setup Page The Setup page opens when you first access the px6-300d Network Storage from the Home Page or the LenovoEMC Storage Manager. On this page, you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link. The current setting of the feature displays above the link. You can also configure all features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly. 4 Setup Page
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage Network Connection Connecting the px6-300d Network Storage to Your Network First, check the package contents. Verify that the box contains the following items: 1. px6-300d (models may vary) 2. Power Adapter and Cord 3. Quick Start Guide 4. Ethernet Cable Package contents may vary. Network Connection 5
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage Connecting the px6-300d Initial Setup If you have purchased more than one px6-300d, complete all steps on one device before setting up additional devices. 1. Use the included network cable to connect the px6-300d to your network router, switch or directly to a computer. 2. Connect the included power adapter to the back of the px6-300d and a power socket or Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). 3. Your px6-300d should power on aut
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your px6-300d by expanding the Information section for a NIC and entering a jumbo frame size in the Jumbo Frame field. If you do not want jumbo frame support, leave the field blank. Jumbo frame support is useful for transferring large files, such as multimedia files, over a network. Jumbo frame support increases transfer speed by placing large files in fewer data packets.
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage VLAN: For information on adding a NIC to a VLAN (Virtual LAN), refer to VLAN Settings. Bonding NICs: For information on bonding multiple network interface cards (NICs), refer to Bonding NICs. Bonding NICs Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your px6-300d on the network. If one NIC should fail, your px6-300d will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is bonded to others. Depending on the bonding mode selec
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage 5. Click Apply to save your changes. Deleting a VLAN In the VLAN Settings section click Delete to delete the VLAN. Connecting 9 the px6-300d
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Setting up Your px6-300d Network Storage Naming Your px6-300d Network Storage You can provide a meaningful name for your px6-300d using the Device Identification page. This page in the px6-300d Management Console enables you to change the Storage Device Name, the Storage Device Descriptive Name, and the Workgroup Name. Change any of these by editing the text fields. Click Apply to save your changes. ● Device Name: Enter a name for the px6-300d device. Use a name that will help you identify it
